I must ride a lot slower than all's y'all's... but I've honestly never had any trouble with my brakes on my AHH. I use the original standard Shimano Lever that shipped with it in aught-seven (probably discontinued) on a set of Noodle bars. They don't bottom out at full pressure and the wheel will skid.
http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2008/cc522-cyclofiend_jim0908.html - Jim On Monday, July 11, 2022 at 3:41:01 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > Laing: Forgive me if you've posted some before, but if not, I'd be > delighted to see photos of your Riv custom "racing bike." 53.4 X 62?? What > sort of bar? Me, I fit almost the diametrical opposite: 60 X 56 c-c for a > drop-bar bike. > > To all: I've found this discussion interesting, both regarding braking > effectiveness and road bike aesthetics. I have to say that I myself would > prefer cantis or V brakes, or braze-on centerpulls instead of what appear > to me clunky very-long reach calipers on a "gofast" road bike if medium > reach calipers didn't work; and in fact, I've seen a number of custom or > high-end production road bikes from before WWII built for cantilever > brakes. I think a great many of these were on the Classics Rendezvous and > Classic Lightweights UK websites. > > IME, I tend to agree with those who say that almost all brakes work > decently, if not brilliantly, if properly set up, and if the levers are > appropriate to the brakes proper. I know that my otherwise wonderful > second-gen (? The tab-operated cam) Dura Ace single pivots worked badly, > even with salmons, pulled by 7410-era levers, while the single pivot (high > end DC? Superbe Pro?) 57 mm reach single pivot on the gofast pulled by the > same levers works very well indeed, for power and for modulation. > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 10:34 AM lconley <lco...@brph.com> wrote: > >> Appearance was a large consideration when I selected the Rene >> Herse braze-on centerpull brakes for my Rivendell Custom that was intended >> as a road bike. I call it a fat man's racing bike. "Racing Bike" as in no >> braze-ons for racks, no fender eyelets, no holes in the "brake" or chain >> stay bridges, - clean stays and forks but a really long wheelbase. The long >> chainstays are balanced by the really long main triangle (62 cm ETT x 53.4 >> ST). What I did not realize was how large the Rene Herse brakes are, they >> dwarf my Mafac Competition , DiaCompe, and Weinmann centerpulls. But they >> still have that fifties - sixties racing bike look. The centerpull >> braze-ons are located between the rim and the fork crown/brake bridge, so >> they are a stiffer mount that cantilevers/V-brakes whose braze-ons are >> located below the rim. Another plus for the RH centerpulls is no black or >> plastic parts like the long reach Tektros. >> >> I have never actually seen another bike with braze-on centerpulls except >> in pictures - some in the book *Japanese Steel*. I have considered at >> times having Dia-Compe braze-ons installed on my Paramount for the original >> Weinmann centerpull brakes. >> >> Laing >> >> On Sunday, July 10, 2022 at 7:50:05 AM UTC-4 Daniel MacPherson wrote: >> >>> I agree with the sentiment that road bikes look better with calipers on >>> them. Though I find the long-reach caliper brakes (Tektro R559) to be >>> rather ugly looking. Road bikes with disc brakes or v-brakes still look odd >>> to me. I assume they must be gravel or cyclocross bikes. Maybe Rivendell >>> should develop some kick-ass long reach caliper brakes. >>> >>> >>> Daniel M >>> >>> Tallahassee Fl >>> >>> On Saturday, July 9, 2022 at 10:31:46 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: >>> >>>> Part of the Riv association with long-reach calipers (my opinion) is >>>> Grant had them made back in the days when road bikes were closely >>>> associated with calipers and he wanted more room for big tires. We don't >>>> think anything of it now but at the time if your bike had canti posts it >>>> was a tourer or mtb, you couldn't sell it to folks looking for a road >>>> frame. >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/29d1c33e-5e78-4443-85cb-e34e68078086n%40googlegroups.com.
